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Peter Birmann (1758-1844), Lago Maggiore with...

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Peter Birmann (1758-1844), Lago Maggiore with Isola Bella, and fishermen in the foreground, Italy, ca. 1806 titled and signed "Isola Bella on Lake Magior, P. Birmann ad nar fecit" pencil, pen and grey ink, brown wash, 36x55,5 + the frame & passe partout , Swiss painter, native of Basel, where he opened his own workshop in 1791. This view can be linked to the drawings of 48 views in northern Italy, realized by Birmann and Achille Benz and published in Vienna between 1805 and 1807 under the title Viaggio pittorico e storico ai tre laghi (Peter und Samuel Birmann, Künstler, Sammler, Händler, Stifter , expo. cat., Basel, Kunstmuseum, 1997-98, pp. 9-10).